Show SNAKE STORIES an exchange says that on february ath the snake keeper at the zoological all gardens at ati put a mouse lato into a young rattlesnakes cage to serve as am a meal for the reptile the mouse dodged the snakes effort to bite and bit the snakes neek neck and body the fight went on desperately for an hours hour the mouse being too quick for the snake which finally gave up from exhaustion and mouse bites the mouse was waa left in the cage all night and next morning the keeper found it had bitten the rattlers head entirely off and apparently escaped injury itself though chagrined at the loss ot of the snake he recognized the bravery of the mouse by setting it at liberty this story to Is a very pretty one obe from the standpoint of a sympathizer wha his snake intended victim and has an air of probability with it the latter Is not always the case however when the subject of snakes Is in bein being considered subject it t to is frequently reg regarded ardef ass as a field for the free indulgence of as in the instance of a resident of one of the eastern count leti of utah visiting the london zoological gardens a few months ago he came up to where a company of tourists were admiring a magnificent beacon stricter rictor st about twenty five feet long jong which had recently been added to the collection after gazing at the huge reptile for a few moments he be exclaimed in a tone of disgust why no curiosity the people in provo valley kill hundreds of them every year when subsequently remonstrated with by a friend he explained that he be thought the he reptile was a rattlesnake in the be class of exaggerations denominated yarns the reader will be strongly inclined to place the follow ing which comes from south melville new jersey under datlof feb jtb miss mias rachel bachel M Moore 30 years old and weighing pounds to Is at last relieved of a snake which she swallowed twelve fears 1 ears ago and which has since lived and grown larger in her stomach despite every effort to kill it or get it out the fact of miss moore having a snake in her stomach has been known by her friends for years in the sum mpr mer of 1880 she attended a garden varty barty ner near Ce darville where sh ethen resided re elded the party was waa given on a farm and in the spirit of lun jun she drank out of a bucket which was used to hoist water out of the well she felt something slipping down her throat at the time tim but forgot the occurrence until a your year after when she and her friends friend noticed her ra veLious appetite she always felt hungry a d ate nearly enough for two person she soon felt the moving of some creature within tier bar and the occurrence of her drinking out of the be bucket at the well was remembered physicians were oun consulted suited and they decided that mine mias moores body was the me dwelling place ot of a snake anake they trieko by vart varl us methods to kill the reptile but bui without suc is As abe continued to enjoy good health aud and tor for weeks at a time was wab not bothered by the creature it was waa decided best beat to permit nature to take its course in hopes th snake would come out of its own accord years stars passed oo on but tile the snake continued to make its abode in the young woman once when she att honey boney it crawled into her mouth and part way out between her lips its body was not more thau than a quarter of an inch thick there were no eyes and the general color was green her mother grasped the hideous reptile and attempted to pull it out alt altogether ogeth r out aut the slimy body slipped through through her hands and down the girls throat as though it had bad been greased miss moore frequently RIO ale honey boney after that in hopes of the snake again making its appearance but it never came up farther than her mouth A year ago while in bed she was awakened in her sleep by something crawling over her bar broast breast she screamed and the snake quickly drew itself back in her mouth and down her throat late saturday night she was seized with a chocking oho cho aking sensation which continued periodically during the night slid aud early sunday morning the snake crawled out of her mouth several inches with great presence of mind she closed her teeth on the body of the repulsive creature and ran to her he r mother who succeeded in on en relieving her daughter of the unwelcome tenant the snake was wan fifteen inches long and died a few minutes after being in the air miss min moore fainted several times on bunday and during the night became violently ill her stomach refuses to hold bold food except in liquid form since the snake came out and she is growing weaker so that thai it seems she may die as the reau result it of getting rid of the hideous reptile which has made her internal anatomy its home for so many years |